From: "Walter Lippmann" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Mon, 7 May 2001 09:31:21 -0700 To: "CubaNews" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: [CubaNews] Castro's first visit to Iran (BBC) BBC - Monday, 7 May, 2001, 12:51 GMT 13:51 UK Castro's first visit to Iran The Cuban president, Fidel Castro, is beginning an official visit to Iran on Monday - his first to the country. President Castro will be meeting the Iranian president, Mohammad Khatami, and the country's supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei. The trip follows President Khatami's official visit to Havana last year. The talks are expected to focus on increasing co-operation between the two countries - both hit by embargos imposed by the United States. Speaking ahead of the visit, Cuban ambassador to Tehran Dario Urra Torriente described the United States as their common enemy, saying it was trying to strangle both Cuba and Iran economically. He said that a common stand against US policy created a strong link between the two countries. Iran currently heads the G-77 group of developing nations, which aims to promote economic and technical co-operation among developing countries. >From the newsroom of the BBC World Service _________________________________________________ KOMINFORM P.O. Box 66 00841 Helsinki Phone +358-40-7177941 Fax +358-9-7591081 http://www.kominf.pp.fi General class struggle news: [EMAIL PROTECTED] subscribe mails to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Geopolitical news: [EMAIL PROTECTED] subscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] __________________________________________________
